The Petchary is the Jamaican name for the Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicennis) - a summer visitor to the island. Its name echoes its strident cry. Sometimes called the Storm Bird, it will sing all night, and chase away John Crows. “That ceaseless shriek”…These are the cries of the Petchary, who currently resides in Kingston, Jamaica.
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The Petchary
The Petchary is a summer visitor to Jamaica. She calls loudly day and night, especially when a storm is near. The Petchary's blog is about the storms and the calm periods in between.
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Welcome Emma to the world of blogging!!!
I must comment on your “image of the day”… In the midst of what may be turmoil or a sense of unease, the picture in my mind symbolizes hope of what can be… That patch of darkness to the north is somehow hidden by possibilities coloured with shades of blue and shades of white.
The galaxy? The earth? The ocean? Simply possibilities:-)
LL
Excellent writing. Think you should consider contributing to one of the UK papers – Letter from Jamaica?
Hi Emma. Fantastic blog, lots of fun to read. Cheers from Toowoomba, Australia. Rob
Thank you so much for your kind comment, Rob! I am also enjoying your blog and my husband and I were awestruck by your photography. Please continue reading and leaving comments…I will be writing about the Gulf of Mexico nightmare again tomorrow, I think! Let’s keep in touch! Emma (the Petchary)
Hi, nice to meet you !
Nice would like to get in touch, I find your blog to be quite interesting and we share field.
There is a picture of Ding Zilin on your website that I am interested in. Can you please tell me who took the photograph. Who should I contact to léearn more about the photograph ?
Hi, I was doing some research on Chinese dissidents and found this photo on a “Boston Globe” website remembering Tiananmen Square 20 years later. The caption to the photo is: “Ding Zilin, mother of 17-year-old pro-democracy demonstrator Jiang Jielian who was killed during the 1989 army crackdown on Tiananmen protesters, weeps as she talks about the event in her Beijing flat during an interview on April 7, 2009. Twenty years on, Ding’s pain is still as raw as it was when her son was shot through the heart in the army crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters in China, an event that she says broke her.” (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images) However, I found it on a different website and did not know there was copyright on it… It’s PETER PARKS OF AFP (AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE). I hope this helps.
Hi Petchary,
I live in New Zealand and i am doing an essay at the moment on use of colours in geographic information systems .. just a little about my essay .. now, the colours that we use on maps are mostly influenced by the western culture symbolising their values and how and why they associate certain colours with information displayed on the maps (brown for land, green for vegetation, blue for sea, red for warm, blue for cool etc) .. i want to show from my essay that when we are working with different cultures of people and doing research on their aspects of life and values then we should use colours that are significant to these cultures and not our western dominant colours .. i am not trying to undermine the western culture here but trying to priviledge the cultures that have sound values and systems like the western culture .. just because the foundations of Geog info systems is western .. it does not mean that we cannot incorporate other cultural values systems into gis .. i am focussing on the indigenous cultures because there is a lot of research being done on them and most so called experts or researchers like me are outsiders (not from that group) .. just the thought of the topic is challenging .. but i want to do this …
would you have some information on this ? would u be able to help me out with anything on this?
let me know …
thanks in advance
seema
Hi Seema: Thanks for getting in touch from the other side of the world, and for subscribing to my blog. It always gives me a thrill to get a new subscriber! Wow, that’s quite a topic, I am still tossing it around in my head. I wonder if other colors are used here in Jamaica – but we are very aware of color – we paint our offices and houses green, purple, bright orange! I know very little about GIS systems but I do know a firm called Mona Geoinformatics Institute, based on our University of the West Indies campus, who work with GIS all day long… You can find them at http://www.monagis.com/. In fact, we have our own GIS company, JamNav. You can find out more at their website and the head is Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee. I am sure they would be able to help! Good luck with your research, and I hope this will be of some assistance. Meanwhile do continue reading my blog and making comments if you wish – I love comments! Thanks, Emma
Hi Seema from ecomantra echos,
Perhaps you could look into the area of comparative cartography, comparative language and cultural studies, traditional ecological knowledge, and also anthropological, neuro-scientific, biocultural investigations into the cultural coding and classification of colours, patterns and eco-geographical elements.
I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger award. If you accept please click below. Congrats!!
http://crazytraintotinkytown.com/2012/06/08/and-the-winner-is/
You are so kind! Not sure I deserve it but… I accepted and blogged myself as you have probably seen. I was so happy to nominate some more great blogs too, including several Jamaican ones that deserve recognition!
Petchary, it’s Awards Season and I couldn’t not add your blog to my list of nominations for the Very Inspirational Blogger Award. I won’t be upset if you can’t find the time to play, but if you can, pop over to check it out: https://thewanderlustgene.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/confessions-awards-and-the-atlas-game/
Ciao
TWLG
Yes, I have just realized it’s awards season. Thank you so much for nominating me! I really appreciate it so much. I will definitely check out the link, and act accordingly… Warmest wishes, P.
Oh good, you’ll play. That’s fantastic. Look forward to learning more and visiting your nominations.
[...] now to give it to *some more* bloggers! Emma I won’t put you through this again but I do think your blog is awesome! These are pretty much [...]
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your support SO much!! And you keep blogging away too.. I love your open, honest commentary. When are you going to do some more walks round Kingston?
This is good
Hello
I followed you from ayooutloud. Glad I did.
Blessings
ann
Thanks so much, Ann! Please visit again soon! I love ayooutloud’s blog!
Dear Petchary, I hope you’ll accept the Sisterhood of World Bloggers Award -
http://thewanderlustgene.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/blogging-a-window-on-the-world/
No pressure – it’s a way of widening the circles, and the important thing is that others come over to see your great blog.
Thank you SO much. I am honored to be a “sista”! I accept… I also plan to explore some of the other interesting blogs you mentioned! Cheers!
I know how busy you are – so thanks
WELL DONE! Emma, and I thought I was your only viewer from Sweden, but clearly the data shows (2012 WordPress Report – 778 views) that there are others here. Even I don’t look twice a day every day! Come on Ja-Sweden lovers reveal yourselves to me!
Ha ha!! Thank you so much, John! No, isn’t it amazing. I was stunned to see that I have had views from such far-flung places as the Congo, even! No, all those Swedish views can’t be just you, devoted reader though you are!!
Hopefully they will emerge from the shadows and identify themselves! Warmest wishes to you and your family for 2013!
We like the artwork of Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
Yes… Me too, very much!Thanks for your comment…
Hello Petchary !! Thank you for your visit on my blog
I wish you the best for this new year !
You like the “lait concentré sucré” lol me too…. I think you should like a special chocolate we are cooking in Martinique, “chocolat de première communion”, it’s a wonderfull chocolate for special occasion (like wedding)
http://recettesdantan.over-blog.com/article-chocolat-premiere-communion-46816940.html
La Tchipie
Thank you so much! And all the best to you… Do you live in Martinique? I have always wanted to visit the French Caribbean. My French is not very good (it used to be better). I am going to look at the recipe. It sounds wonderful!
Stumbled on to your blog while looking for some information on Mustard Seed Communities in Kingston. Our university is bringing some students down to help out there in March after our school pulled the plug on our trip to El Salvador because of increased risk of violence. Our students are looking for information on what the needs are in Jamacia. Anyplace you can suggest I go?
If you want to know what the needs are here, I would suggest you contact Father Gregory Ramkissoon directly at Mustard Seed. They are a very worthy organization who do fantastic work but probably have their specific needs. You should also get advice on bringing in goods though, as there are a lot of issues regarding the red tape. Mustard Seed would be able to provide or you could bring things in via Food for the Poor, who are Miami-based, for example. Good luck and enjoy your trip to Jamaica!
Congratulations, Petchary!
I have nominated your blog for the Versatile Blogger Award.
The rules of this award are at: http://bellnight.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/versatile-blogger-award-thanks-dear-kitty/
Thank you so very much! I am honored. I will look up the rules… Cheers!
You are welcome! Good Luck.
Thanks…
Hi Emma, it’s Marcia! Just checking out your page and sending warm regards!
Thank you for stopping by, Marcia! I hope you are well – and also that you are enjoying those old sci-fi novels. Keep in touch (but you are good at that…)
Thank you for your visit friends, your blog is very good and nice
I like
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You are most welcome! Your calligraphy is very beautiful!